Oculus Rift DK2 Already Shipping, Uses Galaxy Note 3 OLED Screen

Last week Oculus has announced that they are starting with the shipments of the second version of their Development Kit named DK2. It seems that some people already have received their units, including iFixit who were fast to disassemble the unit and show us what is inside and what components are used. Surprisingly they have found out that Oculus has used the 5.7″ Super AMOLED 1080p display from the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and it is the complete panel that includes the top glass and the touch panel, not only the LCD. This probably allowed Oculus to easily source a good 1080p resolution OLED display with a size small enough to fit inside the headset, and if it works well inside the DK2 we are Ok with it. It was just surprising to see that Oculus did not use only the LCD, but the complete replacement front panel from the Note 3, but hopefully by the time for the final retail unit they will be addressing this.

Unfortunately I cannot yet share personal feedback from the new dev kit as my unit pre-ordered less than 23 hours from the announcement still hasn’t arrived, in fact according to the Oculus website it still hasn’t been shipped as the status still says “Your order is awaiting inventory before it can be fulfilled. We will notify you when it’s about to be shipped.”

Here is what Oculus sent as an update regarding the shipment of the new DK2 units on 25.07:

DK2s have started shipping out to developers in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and we expect to have over 9000 DK2s in developers’ hands by the end of next week. We’re working out a minor snag for Oceanic customers, but we hope to have the issue resolved soon.

Well, hopefully I’ll be getting my hands on the DK2 next week, that is unless Oculus did get way more than 9000 pre-orders in the first 24 hours after the announcement of the new dev kit…